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With all this talk about sexuality and sports, one high-profile athlete has finally emerged from the proverbial closet.

That athlete… is the Dallas Cowboys.

The following story has to be a stiff thorn in Jerry Jones’ side, which is better than something else that might be sticking in his backside if he were to frequent the website that bears his team’s name.

According to a recent Yahoo article, the NFL’s most recognizable franchise tried to purchase the URL Cowboys.com. Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? They already own DallasCowboys.com, but unfortunately not the neighboring URL with Dallas in the name.

So let’s say you were a Dallas fan and decided to visit Cowboys.com to see how your team fared this weekend. You wouldn’t find any box scores, stats or tidbits about the game, but you would find other information on balls, holding and contact. Cowboys.com, which Jones has wanted to purchase since 2007, is a gay, online dating service where you can find “a man to ride off into the sunset with.” Yeehaw!

Not exactly the image Jones wants associated with his brand although after a rocky start to the season, I would imagine a number of those online cowboys have a better passing rating than Tony Romo.

Look, I’m not one to judge here. If you want to cuddle up to a private showing of Brokeback Mountain with a loved one, even if your loved one is a husky, flannel-clad , cowpoke (pun intended), more power to you. We all deserve the right to be in love, and wear flannel.

I just find it funny that Jones, one of the most pompous men on the planet, a guy who was recently seen on national television having his son-in-law wipe off his spectacles, and a man who has more money than he can spend in a lifetime, can’t get what he wants, which is a simple website address.

I guess the moral of the story is money can’t buy everything after all. We’ll see if Mitt Romney learns that same lesson in November.

Every time I look at Jerry Jones , it reminds me about the good and the bad , as it relates to the NFL . The franchise is worth close to $2 billion , and it is one of the most profitable NFL franchises . But beyond that , Jones and the Cowboys haven’t a god damn thing that’s tangible to show for it all , by way of on the field success over the past decade .

Speaking of purchases , the ownership group of the Dodgers are now said to be interested in purchasing Philip Anschutz’s company AEG . The hospitality company owns the Staples Center , Nokia Theater , 35% share of the Lakers , MLS soccer team , the LA Galaxy , as well as the minority interests in six other MLS teams. Also it just happens to be the parent company of Live Nation (concert promotions company as ticket wholesaler ) as well as several sports venues around the globe. Reported asking price will be somewhere between $6.5 billion to $8 billion . Nice piece of” cheddar “ if you can afford it !

Considering he bought the Dallas Cowboys for under $400 million , and instantaneously set about marketing the franchise in the way that he has. I would say it was all Jerry Jones ! You seem to forget he made his millions in the oil industry as a wildcatter and oil engineering company supplier .

Apart from the tv revenues the franchise receives via the NFL , Jones has gone out and negotiated independent contracts with independent television affiliates across the country for Cowboys’ content . So you tell me what other NFL owner shows that type of acumen ?

Do you realize also that the Cowboys actually have their own apparel company, that markets everything that is franchise related ? Therein , those monies they do not have to share with the rest of the NFL . So you tell me, what other NFL owner shows that type of business acumen ? Name one, if you can ?

This is all bull#hit , with Roger Goodell allowing certain members of the Saints’ coaching staff to be in attendance for Saints vs Chargers this Sunday , merely because Brees is on the brink of breaking Unitas’ consecutive games’ record with a touchdown pass thrown . A suspension should mean a suspension , and not some of this half as#ed bull#hit that Goodell is allowing the Saints to subscribe to ! This is why the NFL no longer has any fu##ing credibility !

Yea, Al, but Cowboys fans aren’t going to stop becoming fans simply because Jones owns ’em, or at least the majority of them won’t. Jones bought ’em in 1989 and even though he was a part of the Emmitt-Troy-Irvin years, that franchise was already pretty damn popular.

By no means am I cracking on his business sense. He’s a billionaire. I’m just saying it’s pretty funny someone bungled that website deal.

And re: LSU-Florida, Al, I’ll be chilling on my sofa, planted in front of the big screen, cold beer or two ready and hopefully cheering my boys on to a hard-fought victory. Gainesville should be absolutely insane this weekend. All the more reason to avoid it.

Infield rule ? For one moment I thought they had some of the NFL replacement referees at Turner Field ! WTF ! But that wasn’t the primary reason the Braves lost the game as a number of Braves’ players committed some costly errors during the game .

Idiot fans are griping that Tebow was only used in 7 plays during the Jets’ loss last night . Seven snaps too many , as far as I’m concerned ! The team has more issues , that go way beyond what Tebow is capable of doing , which isn’t much to begin with , as evidenced by last night .

There are seven billionaires , that are part of the Rangers’ syndication that make up the ownership group that might now be rethinking their investment in the organization. I hear Nolan Ryan has suggested that they dig up the ballpark and explore for oil ? In the off season the decision will be do they re-sign Josh Hamilton and how much do they pay him by way of a multi-year deal ?